| Name: | AFONWEN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 11/08/1897 |
| Completed: | 09/1897 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 326 |
| Dimensions: | 3324grt, 2128nrt, 326.2 x 47.1 x 23.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 300nhp |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 105191 |
| History: | |
| 09/1897 | Afonwen Steamship Co Ltd (W & CT Jones), Cardiff |
| 1904 | W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff |
| 1912 | EC Embiricos, Andros; renamed LEONIDAS CAMBANIS |
| 1915 | A/S D/S Gotland, Copenhagen; renamed GOTLAND |
| 1915 | Muskegon SS Corp, New York; renamed MUSKEGON |
| 1918 | Foreign Transport & Mercantile Corp, New York |
| 1919 | American Transatlantic Co Inc, New York |
| 1920 | Foreign Transport & Mercantile Corp, New York |
| 1921 | American Transatlantic Co Inc, New York |
| 1922 | Muskegon SS Corp, New York |
| 1923 | Foreign Transport & Mercantile Corp, New York |
| 1924 | A/S D/S Kirsten Jensen, Copenhagen; renamed KIRSTEN JENSEN |
| 1925 | Unknown owner, Genoa; renamed AFONWEN |
| 23/09/1925 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 09/09/1924: Caught fire at Silverdale, Green Bay, Newfoundland |
| 23/09/1925: Broken up at Genoa |
Photo as AFONWEN courtesy of Kevin Blair
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 12/08/1897